Music Production

The lecture and workshop will be held by Michele Gaggia in German and English language.

Digital Audio Production Tools
Acoustic Basics and Digital Audio Recording
Microphones and Stereo Recording Techniques
MIDI and Notation
Sound Synthesis (focus on subtractive and FM)
Effects, Mixing and Automation
Room Acoustics and Design
Recapitulation and written theory exam; Project presentation
End of Semester Theory Exam Topics List, Project Requirements and Evaluation Criteria

Digital Audio Production Tools

Acoustic Basics and Digital Audio Recording

Acoustics Basics and Digital Recording - Michele Gaggia (PDF download, updated 25.03.2020)
Digital Audio Formats - Drivers - Plugins - Michele Gaggia (PDF downlaod, updated 29.01.2017)
Acoustic and Vibration Animations - Dan Russel
Musical Acoustics - Links - University of South Wales, Australia
Digital Recording - Wikipedia
Digital to Analog Converter - Wikipedia

Microphones and Stereo Recording Techniques

Microphones and Recording Techniques - Michele Gaggia (PDF download, updated 29.01.2017)
Microphones - Wikipedia
Stereophonic Sound - Wikipedia
Surround Sound - Wikipedia

MIDI and Notation

Sound Synthesis

Effects, Mixing and Automation

Room Acoustics and Design

Studio Design - Michele Gaggia (PDF download, updated 29.01.2017)
StudioTips Acoustic Forum - Moderated by Eric Desart (designer of Galaxy Studios)

Acoustic Calculators

Henle, Hubert (2001) Das Tonstudio Handbuch.
GC Carstensen Verlag: München. ISBN 3910098193 Amazon
Pieper, Frank (2004) Das Effekte Praxisbuch.
GC Carstensen Verlag: München. ISBN 3910098274 Amazon
Owsinski, Bobby (1999) The Mixing Engineer's Handbook.
Artist Pro - Mix Books: Vallejo (CA). ISBN 0872887235 Amazon
Owsinski, Bobby (2000) The Mastering Engineer's Handbook.
Artist Pro - Mix Books: Vallejo (CA). ISBN 0872887413 Amazon
Gervais, Rod (2011) Home Recording Studio: Build it Like the Pros
Course Technology CENGAGE Learning, Boston (USA). ISBN 1-4354-5717-X Amazon